Posted on 07/13/2011 12:46:53 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
A long-running tiff between the White House press corps and the West Wing over presidential access flared anew today when press secretary Jay Carney faced off with reporters over the right to shout questions at the president during debt talks.
Obama chafes at the time-honored practice of answering questions shouted at him during pooled, non-press conference events — and his staff has often opted for “stills sprays,” excluding print reporters or TV cameras who might capture Obama in the less than flattering non-act of snubbing a query.
When asked today why TV crews and print reporters were barred from the pool covering the White House meeting with congressional leaders on the deficit, Carney responded by pointing out that the administration has held two press conferences in the past two weeks and allowed TV cameras into the spray earlier this week.
"People shouted questions at him," Carney added.
The White House Correspondents’ Association has protested exclusion of print and TV from pools — and several reporters in the briefing room took Carney’s comment as an annoyed expression of presidential displeasure with shouted questions.
“It's an absurd reason to say that because we asked questions you're not going to allow cameras in there. He's capable of ignoring our questions. He does it all the time,” said Chip Reid of CBS.
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Is that real? It doesn’t look photoshopped>
Every time I see Carney (the presidential barker) I immediately visualize a sniveling spineless lackey. His job description must include spinning the daily Obama sh*t.
Hilarious...
HA! Good one.
No, AFAIK it is not. But it may end up being TRUE, here very soon.
Well whoever made that graphic did a splendid job. You can usually tell when something is fake, but this one is seamless.
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